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IN LIBRARY USE ONLY: Ratings of local auto repair shops, plumbers, veterinarians, banks, doctors, dentists, carpet cleaners, and more.
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The Bloomberg Businessweek Archive contains indexing, abstracting, and full text for the complete archive of Businessweek, beginning with its first issue in 1929 and ending in December 2000.
This business research database provides full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles.
Grants.ca.gov is managed and hosted by the California State Library, opens a new window. The California Grants Portal is your one destination to find all grants and loans offered on a competitive or first-come basis by California state agencies.
Consumer Reports offers reviews for products and services. This is a version of Consumer Reports that is presented article by article. If you would like to read the latest issue of the eMagazine, it is in our Flipster eMagazine collection. Check out our FAQ for more instructions.
The Economist (North American Edition) is now available through PressReader! Click the link to check out our Quick Start Guide - Using PressReader for the First Time to get started.
FinancialFit offers short, easy-to-understand lessons, videos, and interactive tools to help you make informed financial decisions and achieve your financial goals. Choose from subjects like:
The Forbes Magazine Archive contains indexing, abstracting, and full text for the complete archive of Forbes, beginning with its first issue in 1917 and ending in December 2000.
The Fortune Magazine Archive consists of cover to cover processing dating back to issue number one in 1930 of the American business magazine Fortune, published by Time Inc.
Analyze business insights, tips, strategies, and success stories. Updated daily. Best for business schools and entrepreneurs.
Contains valuable content for library science students, information science students, technology professionals, and others. Information Science is updated daily with articles covering all aspects of managing and maintaining information and technology, including usability, cataloging, circulation, business information, and more.
Addresses concerns over the protection of assets, physical or intellectual, ranging from the individual property owner to multinational corporations. Insurance and Liability connects researchers to hundreds of thousands of updated articles from leading journals.
Aids users in researching a vocation, finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career. Vocations and Careers offers hundreds of current and applicable periodicals ranging from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.
Learn and improve skills across business, tech, design, and personal interests. Connect to 4,000+ on-demand video courses taught by world-class instructors. Courses cover content on leadership and management, coding, design, marketing, IT operations, data science, project management, human resources, sales, accounting and finance, and productivity. Powered by the Udemy for Business collection.
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Combines in one database all the stock, fund, industry, and ETF information necessary for in-depth research and smart portfolio construction. It is a one-stop-shop for screening and report-building tools including extensive help, and educational materials.
O’Reilly for Public Libraries offers unlimited access to 50K+ titles (including O’Reilly books in early release), 30K+ hours of video, case studies from top companies, learning paths, expert playlists, and more—with nearly 1,000 topics to explore in technology and business.
O'Reilly for Public Libraries replaces Safari Books Online.
Previously known as ReferenceUSA
US and Canadian Businesses provide key executives, sales volume, #of employees, parent and subsidiary relationships for over 10 million U.S. & over 1 million Canadian companies. Residential USA and Canada databases contain 120 million residential listings for the U.S. and 12 million for Canadians, with income and house values. Health Care Providers contains 650,000 doctors and dentists searchable by geography, specialty, Board certification, and much more.
This database provides comprehensive full-text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
A collection of state-specific resources, such as demographic data, fastest-growing cities, licenses and permits, organizations, and more that are important to the start and development of businesses.
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The Census Bureau's mission is to serve as the nation's leading provider of quality data about its people and economy.
The US Copyright Office offers services and support to creators and users of creative works. Use the site to research, register a copyright, or record a document.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is the federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks.
Value Line puts you in the driver’s seat with accurate and insightful investment research on companies, industries, markets and economies. From the latest data, sophisticated tools, and proven ranks to expert analysis and guidance, Value Line gives you the power to evaluate investments with confidence.
A single source for financial strength ratings and financial planning tools covering Insurance, Banks, Mutual Funds, Stocks, and Medigap.
